Category Archives: Middle Fork Willamette River fishing

Mckenzie and Willamette Rivers in good shape

Blue Winged Olives, Winter Stones, Stonefly nymphs, Pheasant Tail Nymphs, Prince Nymphs, Possie Buggers, Skwala Stones and the hope of March Browns. It’s that time of year again and local angling oppurtunities are available. 400 cubic feet per second out … Continue reading

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December trout fishing action stays hot in the Willamette Valley

Mid-December? Really? While it’s not great conditions if you’re anxious for winter steelhead season to start, the trout fishing is still pretty hot around the Eugene area. We’ve been getting good reports for trout fishing on the lower McKenzie River … Continue reading

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McKenzie, Willamette and North Umpqua fishing reports

Fall like weather has prolonged trout fishing, and made fall and winter steelhead available to the fly angler all of November and amazingly into December. Today you will find water levels on the Mckenzie, The Middle Fork of the Willamette, main-stem … Continue reading

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Mckenzie and Willamette Rivers water levels higher than normal

In preparation for fall rains the Army corps of engineers has been releasing plenty water from our local impoundments. Water released from Hills Creek Reservoir and Dexter Reservoir has both the Middle Fork and main-stem of the Willamette higher than historical averages. While … Continue reading

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Pleasant Fall weather continues, trout fishing holding up on the Mckenzie River and Middle Fork of the Willamette

Hatches of October Caddis, Blue Winged Olives, Mahogany Duns and “brownish orange” caddisflies size # 14-16 are present on our local rivers. We’ve had some warmer days and nights recently and trout have responded nicely. As the season winds down Mckenzie … Continue reading

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Lowly Glowly pounding steelhead on the Middle Fork Willamette

Caddis fly customer and fly-rod steelhead convert Austin Arrowood has been putting the hurt on steelhead in the Willamette River near Dexter Reservoir on the Lowly Glowly. “The Lowly Glowly is a definite getter. With a few slight changes in … Continue reading

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Sleep in? Crisp fall weather is upon us and activity peaks mid-day

The past few days our weather has shifted, and cooler nights are upon us. Water conditions are still excellent but water temperatures are heading downward. The one to three degrees of upward movement on the thermometer are making a big … Continue reading

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Middle Fork Monster Tamed

Matt Siegmund sent us a photo of this pig caught on the Middle Fork of the Willamette this past Sunday afternoon. The fish was taken on a Fergus BW Bug size  #16. The Middle Fork is in great shape, mid … Continue reading

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Wild trout fishing great above Hills Creek, despite fire conditions

Fly fishing for wild rainbow trout on the Upper Willamette River has been excellent, despite the Kitson Fire southeast of Oakridge. As of yesterday, the fire stands at 1,000 acres and was 40% contained. It started Wednesday near Hills Creek … Continue reading

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Middle Fork pigs dine on Mega Prince

Long time friend, employee, and instructor for the shop, Tony Torrence landed the two monster fish pictured below this past weekend on the Middle Fork of the Willamette. The Fish were taken on a size # 8 Mega Prince Nymph. … Continue reading

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Middle Fork Willamette above Hills Creek Reservoir fishing well for natives

Today, my brother Nate and I cleaned up on the Middle Fork of the Willamette River above Hills Creek Reservoir. The native rainbows up there were hungry for prince nymphs dead drifted with an indicator or off a hopper-dropper. The … Continue reading

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Evening fishing on the Middle Fork of the Willamette excellent

Fall afternoons and evenings are a great time to explore the Middle Fork of the Willamette below Hills Creek dam. Currently wading opportunities are excellent and fishing has been good from about 3pm on. We are in a great weather … Continue reading

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Prime walk and wade conditions for upper reaches of Mckenzie and Willamette Rivers

Looking to get out of the valley and fish some small water this summer and fall? Water conditions are perfect and fishing has been good on the North Fork of the Middle Fork of the Willamette, Salt Creek, Salmon Creek … Continue reading

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Pale Evening Duns on the Willamette River bring up wild trout

I headed up to the Willamette River near Oakridge tonight expecting a bonanza. As you can see from the landscape photos, that’s not what happened. Not many golden stones, or even caddis flies for that matter. Small, pale mayflies were … Continue reading

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Water Less Fished: North Fork of the Middle Fork Willamette and Big Game Hunting on the Middle Fork

After putting in over 18 hours of work on Saturday, my desire to fish was minimal but with Matt out of town getting hitched I needed to step up and get out there.  Keith and I fished the North Fork … Continue reading

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